The western sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1887-1926, 1887-07-28
OUR CONFEDERATE DEAD.
A Monument Proposed to the Memory
of Our Fallen Heroes.
Eetract from The STATE oArouieie.

E1tract from the State CAronieie
A generous gentleman, whose name
is synonymous with charity and good
deeds, has written the Wilmington
Star, offering to contribute $1,000 to-
ward the monument if it is erected at
Raleigh, or $4,000 if at Durham.
! That is the first note of music which
it is hoped will ring all over the State.
Earnest effort will speedily secure the
requisite funds. The press takes a
lively interest in .furthering the
scheme. All should pull together in
the matter The following is the let
ter to the Star, in question
The matter Of erecting a monument
to the Confederate soldiers who were
killed or died in the late war between
the States has for long time been a
matter to which | have given much
consideration and thought. 1t is no
time here to discuss the unfortunate
ending of the war, and its results, etc,
but we cannot help but ponder over
the millions Of money that are being
paid out to the victors, all of which
goes into the Northern States, and
the costly mausoleums and monuments
that are being erected all over the
North to her fallen heroes, and yet
the bravest of the brave, the dead
from North Carolina, have no stone
to mark their last resting place.
"They whose merits deserve a temple,
Can now scarcely find tomb
As | have stated in the beginning,
I of c,rt,, l.
consideration, and L hope the day has
come when North Carolina will move
in the matter of suitably honorins the
memory of her brave dead. Feeling
as | do about this matter, have been
very much interested in the movement
on the part of the Star to raise funds
sufficient to erect a suitable monument
to the memory of our fallen braves [
was private in the late war and in
the general breakup | footed it home;
but fortune has smiled upon me TO a
greater extent, ia all probability, than
the majority of my unfortunate COM
rades, and | am willing to set apart a
portion of my earnings f,r the cree
ton of suitable monument to those
of our comrades whose bleaching
bones we left upon the fields Of Vir-
ginia | have thought of making a
response something like this to the
proposition of the Star TO raise a fund
for this purpose. | will give 81 600
tor the erection of a suitable monu-
ment to the memory of North Carroll
mas dead soldiers, if sufficient
amount is raised to erect a monument
creditablc to their memory, this mon
ument to be located at Raleigh. Or
| will give $1,000 to the erection OF
such a monument if located at Dur
ham, and l will deed to the associa-
ton a square, to be known as "Con-
federate Square" and upon this square
| L will erect one or more fountains
plant shrubbery, evergreens, shade
trees, and the like, and furnish seats
ON the grounds for the accommoda.
ton of the public, and otherwise beau
tify and adorn the square 1t is 9
matter that l am very much interest
ed in, and | trust you will push the
movement to successful termination
You Certainly have my sympatkies
and you shall have my money to the
extent intimated aoove, for the con
summation of this most desirable OBJ
ject, an object which ought to be deal
to the heart Of every true North Car
Gilman. Strange to me it is that oul
people are so hard to move in matter.
of this kind. 1t is noble undertak
ing and / trust you will not be dis
couraged.